Chris Silva said he should be home with his family -- his brother's funeral is later in the day. But he felt he needed to be at the vigil. His biggest fear, he said, is that justice would not be served.​

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David Silva's death is the latest high-profile accusation of brutality against the Kern County sheriff's office in recent years.​

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One resulted in the criminal convictions of three deputies and a $6-million civil judgment in the 2005 death of a jail inmate, according to attorneys. A second ended with a $4.5-million court award for the family of a man who died in 2010 after being struck 33 times with batons and shocked with a Taser 29 times, attorneys said. ​

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One woman at Thursday's protest said it was her son's father, James Moore, who was killed in the 2005 incident. ​

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"James should have been the end of it. It brought a lot of things to light," Alicia Moore said. "He should have been the last."​

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"They beat him for nothing," she continued. "Now they've done it to somebody else. But maybe this time there's hope. This time, there's video -- hopefully."​